Collar-support.



D. BASGH. COLLAR SUPPORT. APPLIOATIONIILED DEG.19. 1911.

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' Patented Mar.30,1915.

NITED STATES PATEN- FFIQE.

DAVID BASGH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

Application fi ed. Decembe 19, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID BASCH, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates particularly to that class of resilient supports which are adapted to be attached on the inside of a garment or collar to hold the same in an upright position, and which are readily removable for allowing the garment or collar to be laundried, and has for its object the providing of a support of novel construction which possesses the foregoing and certain other advantages which will be fully set forth in the specification and the novel features of which I will set forth in appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a resilient supporting member, showing circular rings formed at each end thereof. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a part of the resilient supporting member, showing a. web attached thereto in a novel man ner. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but shows a slightly different form of web. Fig. 4 is a sectional view more or less diagrammatic taken on the line 4-4 Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view more or less diagrammatic taken on line 55 Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 3 showing a section of the wire of which the supporting member is made, with a cover of thread wound about it.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, in which like characters of reference designate like parts in all of the figures, 10 designates a resilient supporting member comprising a wire 11 ofspring metal and a fibrous covering 12. This covering may be of any suitable material such as silk, linen or cotton thread. The wire is bent to form regular alternating waves and rings 13 at each of its ends, the whole being in the same plane. Webs of textile fabric 14 and 14 are secured to the rings 13 by means of eyelets 15, the shanks of which pass through the rings, and the flanges of which are pressed down upon the outer surfaces of the fabric immediately over the rings. The textile fabric 14: and H may be of any suitable material and color, and may be fashioned Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.. Serial No. 666,784.

into a web in a number of different ways, without departing from the spirit of my in vention. In Fig. i I have shown the web as fashioned from a single length of cloth folded in to three layers, and in Fig. 5 a smgle length of cloth folded into four lay ers with a row of stitching at its edges. Obviously the number of layers of the fabric is immaterial although I prefer to use at least two layers so as to cover both sides of the metallic supporting member. As will be seen from the drawing the outside diameter of the flange of the eyelet is approximately equal to the inside diameter of the ring 13. The flanges of the rivet are of such a width as to firmly engage the ring, when the whole is assembled, so that it effectively prevents the fibrous covering of the ring becoming unraveled or unwound. This is a great advantage, as it prevents the wire from becoming rusted and staining the collar, thus overcoming a fault now prevailing in similar devices. Also the fabric web is held rigidly in place so that an attached collar can not fall down. The cloth web projects on all sides from the eyelet so that it may be stitched onto the collar. It is an important feature of this invention that the cloth web projects beyond the ends of the metallic supporting member so that it forms a cushion for the wearer and prevents the ends of the wire member chafing the neck.

In using my novel form of collar support, the devices are placed inside the collar in substantially upright positions at desired intervals, and the collar sewed to the webs at its top and bottom and sides, or through the eyelets. I thus provide a resilient collar support which cannot be displaced, of which the webs are fastened thereto much more securely than if merely sewed in as has heretofore been the practice and arranged to prevent the wire member from coming in contact with the neck of the wearer, and in which no rusting of the wire member is possible to stain the attached collar.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising a supporting member of resilient wire bent to form alternate waves to provide longitudinal elasticity to said member, and to form a ring at each end in the same plane with the wave portion thereof, a thread wound about said wire, webs of textile fabric folded over the rings and rigidly sesaid rings, the websof fabric being arcured thereto in position to cover only the ranged to project beyond the Wire supportring portions of said member, means for seing member to form cushioning edges.

curing said Webs to said rings, said means DAVID BASCH. comprising double-flanged metallic eyelets, Witnesses: r the outside diameter of said eyelet flanges FLORA GRAVES,

being about equal to the inside diameter of L. H. CA PBELL.

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